Vijay Ranganatha

SAN FRANCISCO, CA · vijay.ranganatha@gmail.com

    Principle Enterprise Architect     OMS     WMS     Microservices     AI-ML(Data Scientist)        Computer_Vision     NLP

  • Technology savvy leader with 17+ years of experience, with emphasis on building system models which allow rapid scalability to empower organizational growth in a rapidly changing global business environment.

  • Leading large, Global end-to-end implementations of Supply Chain solutions in the Retail space. In-depth knowledge of end to end Supply Chain. (E-Commerce, Distributed order management, Warehouse Management System)

  • Experience with Designing systems for moving from Monolithic to Microservices.

  • Seasoned Supply Chain professional with experience of System Architecting, Design, Development, Implementation, Integration and Maintenance experience of Omni Channel, Distributed Order Management, Planning Systems, Warehouse Management System and Store Fulfillment systems.

  • Certified Enterprise Architect with experience in Architecting of Enterprise Omni Channel Solution

  • Transforming companies by driving adoption of Machine Learning, AI and Digital Technologies


Experience

Principle Enterprise Architect (Digital Technology Commerce)

Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA

• Implementing Omni Roadmap and architectural models for Digital Technology 
    Commerce.
• Managing Global Omni Channel Technical Architectural roadmap.
• Designing the next gen backend system for Omnichannel based on 
    Microservice architecture
• Implemented the Enterprise order management (Manhattan) system into the 
    Levis landscape.
• Constructing the future state architecture from the Target Operating Model 
    which includes a Service Backbone, Big Data Lake, Event Processing and 
    real-time analytics using cloud strategies and tools.
• Executed 20+ initiatives over a span of 9 months during pandemic. This 
    included the high impacting Ship from Store, Pick Up in Store, 
    Curbside Pickup, Allocation Optimization, Last Mile Delivery. 
    This is a 60% additional project execution compared to previous year.
• Architected the replacement of 3PL warehouse using canonical models. 
    Reduced implementation time by 45%.
• Lead team to create AI-ML models to find potential strategic location for New Stores
• Enabled the implementation of Governance Model for managing the multitude
    of inhouse API’s
                                

Dec 2016 - Present

Manager - Supply Chain Engineering

JCrew, New York, NY

• Lead an engineering team for implementing, enhancing Omni Channel application
     stack (Manhattan - Distributed Order Management System).
• Developed Algorithms to Re-design the store capacity calculation for 
    fulfilling orders.
• Responsible for leading team through the implementation phase of the OMNI 
    channel road map that touched e-Commerce, Order management, SAP, Warehouse 
    Management and other critical areas.
• Enabled the stores to fulfill 60% more online orders by redesigning the Store 
    fulfillment application.
• Designed and implemented a new feature into order management system called as 
    Auto Upgrade. This modification improvised the adherence of promised delivery 
    date to customer systematically by 19%.
• Performance tuned the inventory sync process, to improve the run time by 66%.
                                

Oct 2012 - Dec 2016

Project Lead

HCL America, Louisville, KY

• Lead a team of experienced developers in the re-factoring of WMS service flow
• Managed cross functional team of 10 analysts to successfully complete the 
    deployment for 2 major projects.
• Recommended new strategies, innovative ideas for altering the architecture of 
    system and technologies for implementation of an alternate WMS 
    (Manhattan WMS – WMOS)
                                

Apr 2012- Oct 2012

Technical Lead

Infosys Ltd., Bangalore, India / Columbus, OH / San Francisco, CA

• Lead a team of 12 in managing the Order Management, WMS system to meet client 
    requirement and aspirations.
• Developed a Full Stack User Provisioning Tool to automate the process of user 
    account creation saving business nearly $10,400 annually.
• Assessed the single point of failures and proposed reduction to reduce system 
    downtime by 15%.
• Liaised with Product Management and Operations to implement Kiva Robotics System.
• Onsite Project Lead for MultiNational teams, both onshore and offshore having 
    seasoned developers.
• Trained a team of senior management about the architecture and design of the 
    WMS systems.
                                

Dec 2005 - Apr 2012

Education

University of California - Berkeley

Masters in Data Science
Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, NLP

GPA: 3.95

Jan 2021 - Ongoing

RV College of Engineering, Visveswaraiah Technological University, India

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.9

2001 - 2005

Skills

  • Order Management System     • • • • •
  • Warehouse Mgmt System     • • • •
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  • Oracle              • • • • ⦿
  • Python                • • • ⦿
  • Linux Shell Scripting          • • •
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  • Distrubuted Systems         • • • ⦿
  • Machine Learning          • • • ⦿
  • Micro Services           • • • •

Awards & Certifications

  • Levis Excellence Award, Three years in a Row [2017, 2018, 2019]
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  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect
  • APICS CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional)
  • CompTIA Cloud+ Certified,
  • Oracle “Oracle9i: SQL”

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